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TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
Thu Jan 16, 2020, 11:32 PM Jan 2020

Poll shows Collins displaces McConnell as most unpopular senator

Source: The Hill

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who has come under mounting pressure as President Trump’s impeachment trial starts, is now the Senate’s most unpopular member, displacing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in the rankings, according to a new tracking poll.

A quarterly Morning Consult tracking poll finds that Collins’s net approval rating has dropped 10 points in her state since the end of September, a sign of the intense fire she has taken from critics since the House launched its impeachment inquiry.

Morning Consult reported Thursday evening in a preview of its survey findings that Collins, who is up for reelection this year, now registers a 52 percent disapproval. Her approval rating stood at 42 percent.

McConnell, the second least popular senator, registered a disapproval rating of 50 percent and an approval rating of 37 percent among the voters in his state of Kentucky.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/478702-poll-shows-collins-displaces-mcconnell-as-most-unpopular-senator



I guess Collins trying her best to copy Lindsey Graham is not playing well in Maine.
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Poll shows Collins displaces McConnell as most unpopular senator (Original Post) TomCADem Jan 2020 OP
WOMP dweller Jan 2020 #1
Sara Gideon can defeat Collins IronLionZion Jan 2020 #2
Her and two more and Mitch isn't majority leader mahina Jan 2020 #16
Dems should be able to beat Cory Gardner in Colorado IronLionZion Jan 2020 #21
That would be amazing if that would happen. llmart Jan 2020 #22
But these freaks keep getting elected Ahpook Jan 2020 #3
Why? Look at who their Upthevibe Jan 2020 #14
Senate and Electoral College (same math) were created to empower slave states. lagomorph777 Jan 2020 #25
I guess being a scumbag who owns it is more palatable than... polichick Jan 2020 #4
I hope Mainers wake up to her act. I can't stand her. She's the worst type! OrlandoDem2 Jan 2020 #5
She's bad, but she certainly isn't Moscow's Mitch bad. Mitch belongs in his own little ... marble falls Jan 2020 #6
I Think Like Lindsey... TomCADem Jan 2020 #7
She's venial, Mitch is for real 24 carat evil. marble falls Jan 2020 #8
There you go! MyOwnPeace Jan 2020 #13
Yes Moscow Mitch is bad Bev54 Jan 2020 #29
Far as I can tell every Republican in the Senate and House belong there as they are behaving cstanleytech Jan 2020 #11
Geez, how bad can you be to beat out Moscow Mitch? edbermac Jan 2020 #9
well, pretty bad it seems. she has been in Trumps stinking swamp for a long time now. riversedge Jan 2020 #31
Mitch is too important to corporate America NoMoreRepugs Jan 2020 #10
I honestly don't know which is worse Warpy Jan 2020 #12
She richly deserves it. nt SunSeeker Jan 2020 #15
Least Popular Senator Roy Rolling Jan 2020 #17
Share the wealth! bucolic_frolic Jan 2020 #18
Well, clutch my pearls. We've lost our Golden Turd Ranking. KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2020 #19
One would think beating McConnel in disapproval would be impossible la-trucker Jan 2020 #20
Seems Like A Dead Heat To Me ProfessorGAC Jan 2020 #23
I'd actually prefer to see McTurtle have the lowest numbers; he's effing dangerous. lagomorph777 Jan 2020 #24
I don't know. To me, they're one in the same. Firestorm49 Jan 2020 #26
Iowa's Sen. Ernst in third. AKA Moscow Mitch's left hand. IADEMO2004 Jan 2020 #27
Not by a long shot. malthaussen Jan 2020 #28
Finally she has all the attention she seems to always be seeking. Chemisse Jan 2020 #30

IronLionZion

(45,563 posts)
2. Sara Gideon can defeat Collins
Thu Jan 16, 2020, 11:43 PM
Jan 2020

It's a bit more of an uphill battle for Amy McGrath to defeat Moscow Mitch. He's more dangerous and powerful, plus Kentucky is a very red state.

https://saragideon.com/

https://amymcgrath.com/

llmart

(15,557 posts)
22. That would be amazing if that would happen.
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 09:04 AM
Jan 2020

I think we all need to send whatever we can to the Democrats running to unseat them. I've been sending what little I can to the Dems opposing them.

Every little bit counts.

Upthevibe

(8,083 posts)
14. Why? Look at who their
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 01:05 AM
Jan 2020

constituents are.

And another really troublesome factor in this equation is that the population in Kentucky is 4.4 million people! *The population of the greater Los Angeles area (where I live) is 18.79 million!!!!!!! And both states get two Senators regardless of the populations. And yes, I know that's what the House of Representatives is for. However, we know all too well that the real power or I guess you'd say "The final word" is with the Senate.

*Greater Los Angeles is the second-largest urban region in the United States, encompassing five counties in southern California, extending from Ventura County in the west to San Bernardino County and Riverside County on the east, with Los Angeles County in the center and Orange County to the southeast. It consists of three metropolitan areas in Southern California: the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the Inland Empire, and the Ventura/Oxnard metropolitan area (Ventura County)*

The population of the entire state of California is 40 million!!!!!

And yet Mitch McConnel is one of the most powerful men in the world.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
25. Senate and Electoral College (same math) were created to empower slave states.
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 10:59 AM
Jan 2020

Still works the same today.

polichick

(37,152 posts)
4. I guess being a scumbag who owns it is more palatable than...
Thu Jan 16, 2020, 11:47 PM
Jan 2020

a scumbag who pretends to be something else.

OrlandoDem2

(2,070 posts)
5. I hope Mainers wake up to her act. I can't stand her. She's the worst type!
Thu Jan 16, 2020, 11:59 PM
Jan 2020

Publicly she claims to be an open-minded, independent centrist.

Then she votes with Trump and Moscow Mitch. Every. Single. Time.

marble falls

(57,355 posts)
6. She's bad, but she certainly isn't Moscow's Mitch bad. Mitch belongs in his own little ...
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 12:10 AM
Jan 2020

circle of Hell.

TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
7. I Think Like Lindsey...
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 12:13 AM
Jan 2020

...it is the idea of how she is selling out her former persona as a serious independent minded Senator.

Moscow Mitch was always a power hungry snake. Trump did not change. Moscow Mitch is still Moscow Mitch. Lindsey and Susan Collin have both transformed themselves from so-called moderates into Kool Aid drinking Trumpsters.

MyOwnPeace

(16,940 posts)
13. There you go!
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 12:54 AM
Jan 2020

I was trying to figure out which response to actually join, but, DAMN, you NAILED IT!!!!

To my mind, Collins is a "roll-your-eyes" dumb-ass, bouncing along trying to keep her job and ultimately listening to "those that brung 'em" - her party leaders.

But Mitch McTurtle? He will have a SPECIAL PLACE IN HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate that weasely, bird-eyed, turkey-necked mother-f**ker even more than I hate IQ45!

May they all sail off into the sunset (I mean it, you know, like FRY IN THE HEAT OF HELL!!!!!!) this November!

cstanleytech

(26,334 posts)
11. Far as I can tell every Republican in the Senate and House belong there as they are behaving
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 12:24 AM
Jan 2020

almost exactly like certain politicians behaved in Germany as Hitler rose to power.

NoMoreRepugs

(9,481 posts)
10. Mitch is too important to corporate America
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 12:22 AM
Jan 2020

and their low tax rate to let something like an election remove him from his position.

Anyone beating him would have to win by at least a legitimate 10% to counter the cheating that is going to happen to even have a chance IMO.

Warpy

(111,383 posts)
12. I honestly don't know which is worse
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 12:31 AM
Jan 2020

McConnell gives every indication of believing his own bullshit, while Collins has made statements demonstrating that she knows some of it is bullshit, but will continue to vote for it, any ethical or moral consideration be damned. He's a true believer. She's the worst sort of hypocrite, the mealy mouthed variety.

Both need to go. I hope voters are finally waking up.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,496 posts)
19. Well, clutch my pearls. We've lost our Golden Turd Ranking.
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 08:09 AM
Jan 2020

Unfortunately, not many here will grasp the significance of slightly above the lowest of low.

I still feel if someone with resources dug into Mitch's past with big tobacco, big liquor and big healthcare they could find enough dirt to fill the Grand Canyon.

Republicans do that to our guys all the time. I believe they have well-funded, organized structures that do it for them.

KY.............

ProfessorGAC

(65,248 posts)
23. Seems Like A Dead Heat To Me
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 10:38 AM
Jan 2020

Probably within the margin of error, and her delta is -10 while his is -13.

I wouldn't say these numbers make her more unpopular. Looks to me more like their own constituents find them equally loathsome.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
24. I'd actually prefer to see McTurtle have the lowest numbers; he's effing dangerous.
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 10:57 AM
Jan 2020

He is the Grim Reaper, burying democracy in a shallow graveyard.

Chemisse

(30,817 posts)
30. Finally she has all the attention she seems to always be seeking.
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 01:16 PM
Jan 2020

All this "I probably will" or "very likely won't" vote for this or support that, has the whole nation hanging on her every word every time there are tight issues in the Senate. I'm pretty suspicious she just likes to be the center of attention.

I hope the voters reject her and make her ridiculously hedgie opinions completely irrelevant.

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